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Old 02-02-2015, 04:04 PM   #1
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Sts-51-l

RIP. 29 years ago today.
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Old 02-02-2015, 05:19 PM   #2
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Sorry, what is Sts-51-1 ?
 
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Old 02-02-2015, 05:26 PM   #3
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I believe that would be Space Shuttle Challenger.
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Old 02-02-2015, 05:28 PM   #4
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You are correct Ted. The STS-51-1 is the mission name.
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Old 02-02-2015, 05:40 PM   #5
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It was one of the events that you remember where you where, like 9/11.



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I remember that sad day well.
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RIP. 29 years ago today.
I thought that was last week, the 26th?
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It was the Columbia that crashed today in 2003 on STS-107.
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The 28th of January.

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I guess age gets the best of us. Could have sworn it was in February but I stand corrected. No matter what it is still a sad day to remember.
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I guess age gets the best of us. Could have sworn it was in February but I stand corrected. No matter what it is still a sad day to remember.
It was the columbia that went down today. Both were bad days.
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I guess age gets the best of us. Could have sworn it was in February but I stand corrected. No matter what it is still a sad day to remember.
No matter what you obviously don't know what the heck you're talking about
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29 years, ALREADY!!! Really sad day for all, Not the crash, losing your memory
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Looked back at the email notification of the article. The email was yesterday but the article date was the 28th. Odd. Normally I get the notifications on the same date as published.
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